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    Default “Everyone's saying no”: Trump hires Florida insurance lawyer as top attorneys refuse

    Former President Donald Trump and his team have spent days since the FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago trying to assemble a "team of respected lawyers" but keep getting rejected, according to The Washington Post.

    "Everyone is saying no," a prominent Republican lawyer told the outlet.

    Jon Sale, a former Watergate prosecutor who is now a prominent Florida defense attorney, told the Post he turned Trump down last week.

    "You have to evaluate whether you want to take it," he said. "It's not like a DUI. It's representing the former president of the United States — and maybe the next one — in what's one of the highest-visibility cases ever."


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    Trump's other Florida-based lawyer is Lindsey Halligan, a Florida insurance lawyer that handles residential and commercial claims but has never handled a federal case.

    Trump's other attorney in the documents investigation is Alina Habba, who has a small practice near Trump's Bedminster, N.J., golf club. She previously worked as general counsel at a parking garage company. Habba has also represented Trump in his dubious lawsuits against the New York Times, Hillary Clinton, the Democratic National Committee and his niece, Mary Trump.

    The New York Times' Maggie Haberman noted that this is Trump's seventh or eighth legal team since he became president.
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    Quote Originally Posted by guno View Post
    Former President Donald Trump and his team have spent days since the FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago trying to assemble a "team of respected lawyers" but keep getting rejected, according to The Washington Post.

    "Everyone is saying no," a prominent Republican lawyer told the outlet.

    Jon Sale, a former Watergate prosecutor who is now a prominent Florida defense attorney, told the Post he turned Trump down last week.

    "You have to evaluate whether you want to take it," he said. "It's not like a DUI. It's representing the former president of the United States — and maybe the next one — in what's one of the highest-visibility cases ever."


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    Tsk, tsk. No one wants their name attached to that traitor. No one with ethics. twump does deserve a defense though... he'll need to find a dershowitz type willing to take a leap of faith he's going to get paid.
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    Quote Originally Posted by guno View Post
    Trump's other Florida-based lawyer is Lindsey Halligan, a Florida insurance lawyer that handles residential and commercial claims but has never handled a federal case.

    Trump's other attorney in the documents investigation is Alina Habba, who has a small practice near Trump's Bedminster, N.J., golf club. She previously worked as general counsel at a parking garage company. Habba has also represented Trump in his dubious lawsuits against the New York Times, Hillary Clinton, the Democratic National Committee and his niece, Mary Trump.

    The New York Times' Maggie Haberman noted that this is Trump's seventh or eighth legal team since he became president.
    Poor twumpee. Having to scrape the bottom of that barrel.
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    Quote Originally Posted by guno View Post
    Former President Donald Trump and his team have spent days since the FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago trying to assemble a "team of respected lawyers" but keep getting rejected, according to The Washington Post.

    "Everyone is saying no," a prominent Republican lawyer told the outlet.

    Jon Sale, a former Watergate prosecutor who is now a prominent Florida defense attorney, told the Post he turned Trump down last week.

    "You have to evaluate whether you want to take it," he said. "It's not like a DUI. It's representing the former president of the United States — and maybe the next one — in what's one of the highest-visibility cases ever."


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    He could have a public defender he won't be going to jail.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Yakuda View Post
    He could have a public defender he won't be going to jail.
    A public defender could not do the complex appeals that trump would need, nor could a public defender invest the massive amount of time needed.

    It should really worry you that the hundreds of thousands of Republican lawyers are scared to take this case. It is a message of how legally toxic trump is.
    Daniel Patrick Moynihan said it best, "You are entitled to your opinion. But you are not entitled to your own facts."
    Paul Begala, "Politics is show business for ugly people."
    Stephen Colbert, "Reality has a well known liberal bias."

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    Hello guno,

    Quote Originally Posted by guno View Post
    Former President Donald Trump and his team have spent days since the FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago trying to assemble a "team of respected lawyers" but keep getting rejected, according to The Washington Post.

    "Everyone is saying no," a prominent Republican lawyer told the outlet.

    Jon Sale, a former Watergate prosecutor who is now a prominent Florida defense attorney, told the Post he turned Trump down last week.

    "You have to evaluate whether you want to take it," he said. "It's not like a DUI. It's representing the former president of the United States — and maybe the next one — in what's one of the highest-visibility cases ever."


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    Anyone considering representing Trump should talk to Michael Cohen before agreeing to it.

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    Hello LurchAddams,

    Quote Originally Posted by LurchAddams View Post
    Tsk, tsk. No one wants their name attached to that traitor. No one with ethics. twump does deserve a defense though... he'll need to find a dershowitz type willing to take a leap of faith he's going to get paid.
    Anyone representing Trump would be wise to insist on payment up front.
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    Hello Walt,

    QUOTE=Walt;5250714]A public defender could not do the complex appeals that trump would need, nor could a public defender invest the massive amount of time needed.

    It should really worry you that the hundreds of thousands of Republican lawyers are scared to take this case. It is a message of how legally toxic trump is.[/QUOTE]

    Representing Trump is a good way to not get paid, ruin a career, and end up in prison.
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    Quote Originally Posted by PoliTalker View Post
    Hello LurchAddams,



    Anyone representing Trump would be wise to insist on payment up front.
    Indeed. Some fame-seeker will represent him in return for exclusive book rights, payment or not. Trump will have a defense.
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    Hello LurchAddams,

    Quote Originally Posted by LurchAddams View Post
    Indeed. Some fame-seeker will represent him in return for exclusive book rights, payment or not. Trump will have a defense.
    And there is a lot of time for writing while in prison.
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    Quote Originally Posted by PoliTalker View Post
    Hello LurchAddams,



    And there is a lot of time for writing while in prison.
    I was actually talking about the "Dershowitz" type who will end up representing trump, writing the book. trump can barely speak in complete sentences, let alone write a book.
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    Hello LurchAddams,

    Quote Originally Posted by LurchAddams View Post
    I was actually talking about the "Dershowitz" type who will end up representing trump, writing the book. trump can barely speak in complete sentences, let alone write a book.
    I understand.

    My reply was too vague.

    I was implying that representing Trump could lead to doing prison time, depending on how deep you get with him. He's going to want people to take the fall for him.
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    Quote Originally Posted by PoliTalker View Post
    Hello LurchAddams,



    I understand.

    My reply was too vague.

    I was implying that representing Trump could lead to doing prison time, depending on how deep you get with him. He's going to want people to take the fall for him.
    No. No decent lawyer would get caught colluding with him. Rudy would, but he's been disbarred.
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    Hello LurchAddams,

    Quote Originally Posted by LurchAddams View Post
    No. No decent lawyer would get caught colluding with him. Rudy would, but he's been disbarred.
    I would not expect a decent lawyer to take him as a client.

    But I guess there are good people who have been taken in by his rhetoric.

    It's so hard to be nice to/about people who have been conned into supporting Trump.

    What a freaking challenge!

    It's like a character test.

    It's like the political times are asking:

    "Are you up to it?"

    "Can you ignore such foolishness and treat people like they have simply made a mistake, that they are really good people who will not receive it well if you deride them for making the mistake that they don't see as a mistake?"

    Coming in here is the acid test.

    If I can do that in here I am better prepared to do it IRL.
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